八公山上，草木皆兵 | extreme panic, imagining every bush an enemy

bā八gōng公shān山shàng上，，cǎo草mù木jiē皆bīng兵

To be in extreme panic, imagining every bush and tree to be an enemy soldier; to be overly suspicious and see danger everywhere.

经历了那次失败后，他变得疑神疑鬼，总觉得周围的人都在议论他，真是八公山上，草木皆兵。

After that failure, he became overly suspicious, always feeling that everyone around him was talking about him, truly seeing soldiers in every bush and tree.

Era:

Ancient

Frequency:

Synonym:

惊愕失色

Antonym:

勇者不惧

Story:

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Former Qin king Fu Jian intended to conquer the Eastern Jin.

The Eastern Jin chancellor Xie An dispatched Xie Shi as the grand commander of the expedition, who divided his forces into three routes to attack the Qin army.

Fu Jian ascended Shouyang City and was somewhat intimidated by the orderly formation of the Jin army.

The Jin army then used a stratagem to encircle and attack Fu Jian's Qin army. The Qin army suffered a crushing defeat, and during their panicked retreat, they saw the shadows of trees and bushes on Mount Bagong, mistakenly believing them to be pursuing soldiers.

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